Lead 21 Unit 3

Shape of the Land

Unit 3 Theme: How does Geography shape a community?

Week 1 Focus Question - How can we describe a community by its geography?


Deserts
Deserts- National Geographic
Desert Facts- Science Kids
Desert Biome
Desert Facts- Idaho Public Education
Sahara Desert- Desert USA

Westward Expansion- True Flix


Great Plains
Native Americans on Great Plains- Info Please
Native Americans of the Plains
Native Americans- Ducksters
Interviewing Native Americans- PBS
American West- History on the Net
Westward Expansion- Ducksers
Westward Expansion- True Flix

Coastline
Coastlines- National Geographic
International Coastal Clean Up- National Geographic
Coastal Videos- 3D Geography
People and Coasts- BBC Home
How Do Coasts Change- BBC Home

Mountains
Mountain Professor- Mountain People
Mountains- BBC Nature
Incan Empire- Geography
Incas for Kids
Inca Empire- Ancient Civilizations

Week 2 Focus Question- How do geography and natural resources affect a community?

Canals/Water in the Desert
Fast Facts: Egypt- Scholastic
Deserts- World Biomes
Deserts- National Geographic
Deserts- Encyclopedia Britannica Kids
Sahara Desert- Social Studies for Kids


Coastal Crops and Other Natural Resources

Waterways- Rivers, Canals, and Trade

Protecting Our Natural Resources
Environmental Protection- Freedom Flix

Week 3 Focus Question- How does geography affect how people work and play?

Week 4 Focus Question- How is geography a foundation for a community?